Historic New England

Modern homes : their design and construction : a collection of home designs with plans & details / contributed by various architects & builders.

272 p. : ill., plans ; 31 cm.

Date: c1930.

Creators: American Builder Publishing Company.

GUSN: 152188

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7130.M64 1930

Tomorrow's house : how to plan your post-war home now/ George Nelson [and] Henry Wright.

[8], 214 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1945.

Creators: Nelson, George, 1908- Wright, Henry, 1910-

GUSN: 152189

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7127.N5 1945 (and 1 more)

The art of home decoration, by Mary Harrod Northend...illustrated from the author's photographs.

xix p., 292 p., LXXII plates on 27 ¾. (incl. front.) 23 cm.

Date: 1921.

Creators: Northend, Mary Harrod, 1850-1926.

GUSN: 152190

Call Number: 85M Stacks NK2110.N6 c.1 (and 1 more)

The personality of a house; the blue book of home design and decoration, by Emily Post (Mrs. Price Post).

xvi, 521 p. front., illus. (incl. plans) plates, diagrs. (1 col. fold.) 24cm

Date: [1934,c1933]

Creators: Post, Emily, 1873-1960.

GUSN: 152191

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7120.P65 1933 (and 1 more)

Artistic homes, by Mabel Tuke Priestman...with eight-seven illustrations.

xix, 148 p. front., plates. 23 cm.

Date: 1910.

Creators: Priestman, Mabel Tuke

GUSN: 152192

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7201.P7 1910

The Radford American homes; 100 house plans.

255 p. illus., plans. 20 cm.

Date: [1903]

Creators: The Radford architectural Company.

GUSN: 152193

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7127.R25 1903

The Radford ideal homes : 100 house plans 100.

109 p. : ill., plans ; 27 cm.

Date: [1905]

Creators: Radford Architectural Company.

GUSN: 152194

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7127.R255 c.1 (and 1 more)

Radford's artistic bungalows; unique collection of 208 designs, best modern ideas in bungalow architecture.

219, [1] p., 1 l. illus., diagrs. 28 cm.

Date: [c1908]

Creators: The Radford architectural Company.

GUSN: 152195

Call Number: Stacks NA7571.R2 c.1 (and 1 more)

Houses in America, by Ethel Fay Robinson and Thomas P. Robinson; with more than 150 illustrations.

xii, 239, [1] p. illus. (incl. plans) 24 cm.

Date: [1936]

Creators: Robinson, Ethel Fay. Robinson, Thomas P., joint author.

GUSN: 152196

Call Number: Stacks NA707.R6

Adventures in home-making [by] Robert and Elizabeth Shackleton; illustrated with many photographs.

2 p.l., 9-350 p. front., plates. 21 cm.

Date: 1922.

Creators: Shackleton, Robert, 1860-1923. Shackleton, Elizabeth, 1871-1936.

GUSN: 152197

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7120.S5 1922

House for you to build, buy, or rent [by] Catharine Sleeper [and] Harold R. Sleeper; illus. by Henry Diamond [and] Lombard C. Jones.

xii, 313 p. illus. 28 cm.

Date: 1948.

Creators: Sleeper, Catharine. Sleeper, Harold Reeve, 1893-1960, joint author.

GUSN: 152198

Call Number: Stacks TX301.S55

Your solar house; a book of practical homes for all parts of the country, by 49 of America's leading architects, containing 49 sets of plans and drawings, together with many suggestions for the home builder.

125, [3] p. illus., ports., plans. 33 cm.

Date: [1947]

Creators: Simon, Maron J., ed.

GUSN: 152199

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7127.S66 1947

Home decoration; its problems and solutions.

x, 324 p. front., illus., pla6tes (1 col.) 24 cm.

Date: [c1935]

Creators: Stewart, Ross. Gerald, John, joint author.

GUSN: 152200

Call Number: Stacks NK2110.S75

More Craftsman homes : floor plans and illustrations for 78 mission style dwellings / by Gustav Stickley.

201 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1982.

Creators: Stickley, Gustav, 1858-1942.

GUSN: 152201

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7208.S75 1982

Furnishing with color, by Walter Rendell Storey.

96 p. illus. (part col.) 26 cm.

Date: [1945]

Creators: Storey, Walter Rendell, b. 1881.

GUSN: 152202

Call Number: Stacks NK2115.S72

The key to your new home; a primer of liveable and practical houses, edited by Lewis Storrs, Jr.

128 p. illus. (incl. plans) 33 cm.

Date: [c1938]

Creators: Storrs, Lewis Austin, 1903-

GUSN: 152203

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7130.S8 1938

The attractive home, by Ekin Wallick.

64 p. illus. 21 cm.

Date: 1916.

Creators: Wallick, Ekin.

GUSN: 152204

Call Number: 85M Stacks NK2110.W35 1916

Furnishing the home of good taste; a brief sketch of the period styles in interior decoration, with suggestions as to their employment in the homes of today, by Lucy Abbot Throop.

7 p. ¾., iii p., 1 ¾., 251 p. front., plates. 26 cm.

Date: 1920.

Creators: Throop, Lucy Abbot.

GUSN: 152205

Call Number: 85M Stacks NK2115.T5 1920

How to build your own house illus. by Charles J. Spiess, Jr.

223 p illus. 26 cm

Date: 1949.

Creators: Tuomey, Douglas, 1893-

GUSN: 152206

Call Number: Stacks TH148.T75

The small house for a moderate income, by Ekin Wallick.

4 p. ¾., 11-96 p. illus. (incl. plans) plates (part col.) 23 1/2 cm.

Date: 1915.

Creators: Wallick, Ekin.

GUSN: 152207

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7127.W2 1915

Planning the little house, by Alice Waugh.

xiv, 267 p. incl. front., illus., plans. 25 cm.

Date: 1939.

Creators: Waugh, Alice.

GUSN: 152208

Call Number: Stacks NA7110.W35

Successful houses and how to build them, by Charles E. White, Jr. ... Drawings by the author.

vi p., 1 ¾., 520 p. incl. illus., plates, plans. front. 20 cm.

Date: 1912.

Creators: White, Charles Elmer, 1876-

GUSN: 152209

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7120.W6 1912

The small home of tomorrow, by Paul R. Williams, A.I.A.

2 p. ¾., 7-95 p. illus. (incl. port., plans) 28 x 22 cm.

Date: 1945.

Creators: Williams, Paul R, 1894-

GUSN: 152210

Call Number: 85m Stacks NA7127.W614 1945

Houses have funny bones; with drawings by the author.

179 p. illus. 24 cm.

Date: 1951.

Creators: Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962.

GUSN: 152211

Call Number: Stacks NA737.W53 A3 C.1 1951 (and 2 more)

Living on the level; one-story houses.

viii, 120 p. illus. (part col.) plans. 31 cm.

Date: 1955 [c1954]

Creators: Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962.

GUSN: 152212

Call Number: Stacks NA7127.W6185

Houses for good living, by Royal Barry Wills.

112 p. incl. front., illus. (incl. plans) 32 cm.

Date: [1946]

Creators: Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962.

GUSN: 152213

Call Number: Stacks NA7120.W65 c.1 1946 (and 3 more)

Inside the house of good taste, ed. by Richardson Wright.

v, 155 p. illus. 26 cm.

Date: 1915.

Creators: Wright, Richardson Little, 1887-1961, ed.

GUSN: 152215

Call Number: 85M Stacks NK2115.W9 1915 (and 1 more)

House and Garden's book of houses : containing over three hundred illustrations of large and small houses and plans, service quarters and garages, and such necessary architectural detail as doorways, fireplaces, windows, floors, walls, ceilings, closets, stairs, chimneys, etc. / Edited by Richardson Wright.

110 p. : ill. (incl. plans) ; 33 cm.

Date: 1920.

Creators: Wright, Richardson Little, 1887-1961.

GUSN: 152216

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7127.W75 1920

How to beautify your home and be your own decorator / by Helen Koues.

224 p.

Date: [19--?]

Creators: Koues, Helen.

GUSN: 152217

Call Number: Stacks NK2115.K68

Pontypool and Usk japanned wares, with the early history of the iron and tinplate industries at Pontypool.

88 p. illus. 29 cm.

Date: [1953]

Creators: John, W. D. (William David), 1898-

GUSN: 152218

Call Number: Little NK9900.J6

American historical views on Staffordshire china.

xxx, 317 p. illus., col. plates. map. 29 cm.

Date: 1950.

Creators: Larsen, Ellouise Baker.

GUSN: 152219

Call Number: Little NK4087.S6 L3 1950

Two hundred years of American blown glass [by] Helen and George S. McKearin.

xvi, 382 p. 115 plates (part col.) 29 cm.

Date: 1950.

Creators: McKearin, Helen. McKearin, George S. (George Skinner), 1874- joint author.

GUSN: 152220

Call Number: Little NK5112.M28

American glass / by George S. and Helen McKearin ; 2000 photographs, 1000 drawings by James L. McCreery.

xvi, 622 p., 262 p. of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1941.

Creators: McKearin, George S. (George Skinner), 1874- McKearin, Helen A., 1898-

GUSN: 152221

Call Number: Little NK5112.M26

Jonathan Adams Bartlett, 1817-1902 : folk artist from Rumford Center, Maine / by J. E. Martin ; foreword by Robert Bishop.

xvii, 80p. : ill. (part col.) ; 32 cm.

Date: 1976.

Creators: Martin, J. E. Bishop, Robert.

GUSN: 152222

Call Number: Little ND237.B3 M3

New Bedford and Old Dartmouth : a portrait of a region's past : a bicentennial exhibition of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society at the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, Dec. 4, 1975-April 18, 1976.

xiii, 253 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1975.

Creators: Old Dartmouth Historical Society (New Bedford, Mass.) Whaling Museum (New Bedford, Mass.)

GUSN: 152223

Call Number: Little E74.D25 N49 1975

Writings on landscape, culture, and society /Frederick Law Olmsted ; Charles E. Beveridge, editor.

xx, 802 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, plans ; 21 cm., A highly varied collection including letters, travel sketches, newspaper articles, essays, editorials, design proposals, official reports, and autobiographical reminiscences. Subjects include li...

Creators: Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903, author. Beveridge, Charles E., editor.

GUSN: 359344

Call Number: Stacks SB470.O5 $b A533 2015

Thirty-eight :the hurricane that transformed New England /Stephen Long.

xv, 251 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm, "The hurricane that pummeled the northeastern United States on September 21, 1938, was New England's most damaging weather event ever. To call it "New Englands Katrina" might be to understate its power. Without warning, the storm plowed into Long Island a...

Creators: Long, Stephen, 1953- author.

GUSN: 359345

Call Number: Stacks QC945 $b.L66 2016

Imagining Ichabod :my journey into 18th-century America through history, food, and a Georgian house /Paula Bennett.

252 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Creators: Bennett, Paula, MEd, author. Agrafiotis, Sandy, photographer.

GUSN: 359346

Call Number: Stacks F29.S67 B46 2016 (and 1 more)

The art and science of Abbott Handerson Thayer /Kevin M. Murphy.

126 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 27 cm., Though perhaps best known for his portraits, American painter Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921) also developed detailed theories of animal camouflage. With his fine-arts training and his careful observations of nature, Thayer created w...

Creators: Murphy, Kevin M. (Kevin Michael), author. Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921. Paintings. Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921, artist. Williams College. Museum of Art,

GUSN: 359347

Call Number: Coll ND237.T5 $b A4x 2016

Canoes :a natural history in North America /Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims ; foreword by John McPhee.

xxxiv, 370 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 21 x 27 cm, Ancient records of canoes are found from the Pacific Northwest to the coast of Maine, in Minnesota and Mexico, in the Southeast and across the Caribbean. Neuzil and Simms tell the story of that singular American artifact, so ...

Creators: Neuzil, Mark, author. Sims, Norman, author. McPhee, John, 1931- author of foreword.

GUSN: 359348

Call Number: Stacks VM353.N48 2016

American impressionist :Childe Hassam and the Isles of Shoals /edited by Austen Barron Bailly and John W. Coffey ; with contributions by Austen Barron Bailly, Kathleen M. Burnside, John W. Coffey, Hal Weeks, and a photo essay by Alexandra de Steiguer.

124 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm, "American Impressionist: Childe Hassam and the Isles of Shoals traces Hassam's artistic exploration of Appledore Island, the largest island of the Isles of Shoals off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire, where he traveled nearly every summer for thirty years...

Creators: Bailly, Austen Barron, editor. Coffey, John W. (John William), 1954- editor. North Carolina Museum of Art, Peabody Essex Museum,

GUSN: 359349

Call Number: Coll ND237.H345 A4 2016 (and 1 more)

Cyanotypes :photography's blue period /edited by Nancy Kathryn Burns, Assistant Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs ; Kristina Wilson, Associate Professor of Art History, Clark University.

95 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm

Creators: Burns, Nancy Kathryn, editor, curator. Wilson, Kristina, editor, curator. Worcester Art Museum, Clark University (Worcester, Mass.)

GUSN: 359350

Call Number: Stacks TR415.C93 2016 c.1 (and 1 more)

Mount Washington :the crown of New England /P. Andrew Spahr ; with essays by Karen E. Quinn, Inez McDermott, Peter Crane.

111 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 29 cm

Creators: Spahr, P. Andrew. From wilderness to icon. Quinn, Karen E. Readjusting the view. McDermott, Inez. To see wonders and beauties. Crane, Peter (Peter Joseph). Scientists and artists in the White Mountains. Currier Museum of Art,

GUSN: 359351

Call Number: Coll F41.6.W3 M95 2016

The lively place :Mount Auburn, America's first garden cemetery, and its revolutionary and literary residents /Stephen Kendrick ; illustrations by Matthew A. Longo.

254 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm, "When Mount Auburn Cemetery was founded, in 1831, it revolutionized the way Americans mourned the dead by offering a peaceful space for contemplation. This cemetery, located not far from Harvard University, was also a place that reflected and instilled an imperativ...

Creators: Kendrick, Stephen, 1954- author. Unitarian Universalist Association.

GUSN: 359352

Call Number: Stacks F73.61.M8 $b K45 2016

Shelburne Farms :house, gardens, farm, and barns /Glenn Suokko ; foreword by Alec Webb ; afterword by Megan Camp.

287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm, The text tells the story of Shelburne Farms, once a magnificent Gilded Age country estate conceived by America's leading aristocrats of the day, Eliza "Lila" Vanderbilt and William Seward Webb. Built between 1886 and 1905, the houses and barns, desi...

Creators: Suokko, Glenn, author. Webb, Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt, 1860-1936, contributor. Webb, William Seward, contributor. Webb, Alec, writer of foreward. Camp, Megan, writer of afterword. Robertson, R. H. (Robert Henderson), 1849- designer.

GUSN: 359379

Call Number: Stacks F59.S49 S86 2017

You had a job for life :story of a company town /Jamie Sayen.

283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm, Absentee owners. Single-minded concern for the bottom line. Friction between workers and management. Hostile takeovers at the hands of avaricious and unaccountable multinational interests. The story of America's industrial decline is all too familiar--and yet, some...

Creators: Sayen, Jamie, author.

GUSN: 359380

Call Number: Stacks HD9828.G76 S29 2018

Summer over autumn :a small book of small-town life /Howard Mansfield.

127 pages ; 19 cm, Howard Mansfield's new book, Summer Over Autumn: A Small Book of Small-Town Life is named for what Mansfield calls the moment in late summer when the season is still going strong but you get that first glimpse at autumn. "There's a moment every summer when I look up at a nearby ...

Creators: Mansfield, Howard, author.

GUSN: 359381

Call Number: Stacks F44.H4 M36 2017

Universalists and Unitarians of Maine :a Comprehensive History /by Peter Tufts Richardson.

vii, 686 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm, "Maine's oldest church is Unitarian, founded in Portland in 1674. Half of Maine's early governors were Unitarians. Maine's oldest Universalist congregation was founded in rural Norway in 1798. Inland Universalists prevailed against the...

Creators: Richardson, Peter Tufts, author.

GUSN: 359382

Call Number: Stacks BX9933.5.M2 R53 2017

Art & industry in early America :Rhode Island furniture, 1650-1830 /Patricia E. Kane ; with Dennis Carr, Nancy Goyne Evans, Jennifer N. Johnson, Gary R. Sullivan.

xiii, 494 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm, This book presents new information on the export trade, patronage, artistic collaboration, and the small-scale shop traditions that defined early Rhode Island craftsmanship. This stunning volume features more than 200 illust...

Creators: Kane, Patricia E., author. Carr, Dennis (Dennis Andrew), author. Johnson, Jennifer N., author. Sullivan, Gary R., author. Evans, Nancy Goyne, author. Yale University. Art Gallery,

GUSN: 359383

Call Number: Coll NK2435.R4 A78 2016

William Merritt Chase :a modern master /Elsa Smithgall [and four others] ; with a foreword by D. Frederick Baker.

xix, 227 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color) ; 29 cm, The history of modern art owes a great debt to William Merritt Chase (1849-1916), one of America's influential artists and educators. Chase was a leading member of the international artistic avant-garde and was best k...

Creators: Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916, artist. Smithgall, Elsa, author. Baker, D. Frederick, writer of foreword. Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916. Paintings. Phillips Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Fondazione Musei civici di Venezia, Museo d'arte moderna Ca' Pesaro, Terra Foundation for American Art,

GUSN: 359384

Call Number: Coll N6537.C464 A4 2016

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